NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM FROM THEIR FINAL GOALS. KUMASI AARON, CHANNEL 4. IN NASSAU COUNTY PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE RELIEVED THEIR RIVER IS NOW CLEAN ONCE AGAIN. IT HAS BEEN FULL OF LITTER FOR A FULL WEEK. LAST SATURDAY A SEMI CARRYING PRODUCE AND BURGER KING PRODUCTS OVERTURNED IN YUMY SPILLING THAT DEBRIS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND INTO THE RIVER TOO. PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE AREA WERE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED THAT A WEEK LATER THE RIVER WAS STILL LITTERED! WELL BURGER KING CONTACTED US YESTERDAY AND TOLD US THE MESS WOULD BE CLEANED UP. CHANNEL 4 ELIZABETH CAMPBELL REPORTS. REPORTER: FOR A WEEK THIS PART OF THE NASSAU RIVER WAS FULL OF LITTER UNTIL IT WAS CLEANED UP SATURDAY. PEOPLE IN THE AREA SAY IT WAS ABOUT TIME. I THINK THAT'S TERRIBLE. I MEAN WHAT ITS DOING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS HUGE PILE OF LITTER IS NOW GONE FROM THE NASSAU RIVER, A WEEK AFTER A SEMI CRASH LEFT PRODUCE LIKE PROTATOS AND ONIONS AND BURGER KING PRODUCTS SCATTERED IN THE RIVER. MANY COMPLAINTS CAME INTO THE CHANNEL 4 NEWSROOM. MANY NASSAU RESIDENTS USE THE RIVER FOR FISHING AND OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PEOPLE WERE NOT HAPPY. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THAT. I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE FISHING WITH GARBAGE BLOWING AROUND. DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS IN THERE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF ITS HAZARDOUS TO THE FISH OR PEOPLE THAT EAT THE FISH. 6-- THAT WOULD BE AWFUL. CHANNEL 4 DIDN'T GET AT RESPONSE FROM BURGER KING FRIDAY ABOUT WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING UP THE MESS BUT THEY GOT BACK UP TO SATURDAY MORNING AND SAID IT WAS BE CLEANED UP. WHEN WE WENT BACK ON SUNDAY IT WAS INFACT TAKEN CARE OF. ONE LOCAL MAN SAID IF THE TRASH STAYED IN THE RIVER MUCH LONGER HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT INTO HIS OWN HANDS. I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A FEW PEOPLE ROUNDED UP AND GOT IT OUT MYSELF. DEFINITELY NOT A GOOD THING TO HAVE TRASH IN YOUR WATER. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA SAY THEY'RE HAPPY THE TRASH IS NOW IN THIS DUMPSTER AND NOT

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People in Nassau County are relieved that their river is now clean after it was full of litter for a full week.

A tractor-trailer carrying produce and Burger King products overturned last Saturday on Interstate 95 southbound in Yulee, spilling the debris all over the road and into the river below.

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People who live in the area were extremely frustrated that nearly a week later the river was still littered.

Burger King contacted Channel 4 on Saturday and said the mess would be cleaned up, and on Sunday it was in fact gone.

"Oh, I think that's terrible, I mean, what it's doing to the environment," said Kurtis Adams.

A huge pile of litter is now gone from the Nassau River a week after a semi crash left produce like potatoes and onions, and Burger King products like bags and cardboard boxes scattered in the river.

Many complaints came into the Channel 4 newsroom. Many Nassau County residents said they use the river for fishing and other recreational activities, and people were not happy.

"I think it could have a major impact on that I wouldn't want to be fishing with garbage floating around depending on what was in there," said Lester See. "I don't really know but if it's hazardous to the fish or people who eat the fish, that would be awful."

Channel 4 didn't get a response from Burger King on Friday about who was responsible for cleaning up the mess but they got back to us Saturday morning and said it would be cleaned up on Saturday. When we went back on Sunday, it was in fact taken care of.

The smell of onions and potatoes came from a dumpster where the debris was disposed.

Adams said if the trash stayed in the river much longer, he would have taken it into his own hands.

"I would have got a group of people together and cleaned it up myself, get it out there as quick as possible," said Adams. "It's definitely not a good thing to have trash in your water."

People who live in this area said they're just happy the trash is in the dumpster and not in their river.

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